The original God of War came out in 2005 and blew gamer's worldwide away now 2 years later here comes it's sequel and it

User Rating: 9.5 | God of War II PS2
The story follows the epic role of Krato's. The game takes place right where the first left off, Kratos getting his revenge on Ares and becoming the king. He commands the spartan army which is taking over city after city.But, kartos suddenly finds himself with the Olympians, betrayed by Athena and killed by Zeus. Kratos soon gets rescued by Gaia who tells him that he can changed his fate if he makes his way to the sister's of fate which is where the game starts.

God of War 2 is very much like the original in gameplay but with new features and way's of playing. The game stays true to the whole greek feel involving famous Greek legends like Zeus and Icarus. It's nice to see the developers stay true to the legends and did there studying.

The whole combat system is the same. Krato's still has his blades and is always killing. The game has more gore than the original which is awesome for people who don't have easy stomach's. There's still the button mashing and the button icons to click on screen to kill enemies and bosses.

Speaking of bosses, there are way more in this game than the original which had 3 bosses. These boss fights are good but not as memorable as the original's. Some bosses are Zues, Sister's of Fate, Icarus, etc.

The game paces it's self almost perfect and is just amazing how they do this. The level design has improved greatly. The puzzle's are top-notch being not two hard but get's you thinking. The puzzles are mostly like the original's mostly pulling levers.

You do get new weapons and magic abilities in the game. The new earthquake magic (Which you hit the ground and hit huge rocks everywhere) works very well and makes fights way more easier. The new hammer is also very nice to use, slow but does alot of damage. There's also a stick with sharp points on each end in which you can keep stabbing your enemies with which is a nice weapon.

You also get a bow and arrow type magic power which helps alot during fight's and killing your enemies.

You can also ride big bird like creatures and travel to the next part in the game, while doing this enemies will come trying to kill you so that's a nice new feature in the game. The game uses the blades alot more to get where you want to go. Now you can swing from certain things to get to platforms which are way to far away to jump too. You also have the Icarus wings to you can glide across to farther platform's kinda like in the Ratchet and Clank series with Clank's helicopter thing. There are many different types of enemies for you to kill.

The graphics are much like the original but a bit better. They are still breathtaking and one of the PS2's best looking games. The characters and levels are amazingly designed. The animation of the characters is top noth. the graphics are amazing.

The sound is amazing. There's the same amazing voice acting in the game as the original and killing your enemies never sounder so good. The music is amazing and has a beautiful score.

Overall, God of War 2 is a amazing sequel and just what you wanted in one. Any gamer would love this amazing game unless you can't take all the gore. God of War 2 improves over the original and makes a amazing game almost even more better.